Imagine if you could determine the fate of your infant daughter's future as worker caste or queen, simply by changing what you feed them as a baby.
Queen bee breeder Michael Kiem has built a successful business by capitalising on the fact that diet is transformative for female honey bees and express posting his little livestock across Australia's eastern seaboard.
"They'll feed her a different diet, but they start off exactly the same as a worker," Mr Kiem said.